#8B56CC#8B56CC

#8B56CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.177 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B56CC
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 204)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 57.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 45.55, -53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 70.14, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.0933 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.177 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8718, 16.5041, 58.9903)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B56CC #97CC56

analogous

#565CCC #8B56CC #C656CC

triadic

#8B56CC #CC8B56 #56CC8B

tetradic

#8B56CC #CC565C #97CC56 #56CCC6

square

#8B56CC #CC565C #97CC56 #56CCC6

split-complementary

#8B56CC #CCC656 #5CCC56

monochromatic

#4F2781 #6C35B0 #8B56CC #AB85DA #CCB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8B56CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8B56CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B56CC

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B56CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B56CC	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F70D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3670C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b56cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.177 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188dc',
    500: '#8b56cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b56cc;
$custom-light: #b188dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b56cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.949,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56785,
    "c": 0.17745,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B56CC

secondary

#C1D7A7

accent

#DD4B9B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B56CC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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